Re: File replication over slow WAN Link

2012-09-28 Thread Tom Miller
If this is Windows how about DFS? I use it for centralized backups. Tom Miller Engineer, Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board Shawn Everett sh...@tandac.com 9/28/2012 3:41:46 AM Hi All, I'm looking for suggestions on how to replicate a large amount of data over a slow WAN link.

Re: Everyone is the IT department

2012-09-28 Thread Erik Goldoff
BIG DISAGREE We're all smart enough... I say Prove IT ! I have evidence to the contrary. so what happens when John's app won't share data with Mary's app. Or Suzy's app had a data integrity problem that propagates as the data is shared. Who troubleshoots the problems ? How are the many

Re: Everyone is the IT department

2012-09-28 Thread Jonathan Link
Doesn't Jamie usually win their competitions? :D On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:39 AM, N Parr npar...@mortonind.com wrote: ** I reject your reality and substitute my own! -- *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 27, 2012 7:32

Re: One pooch, screwed Adobe style

2012-09-28 Thread Kurt Buff
How else? Easy - they looked at lots of machines. And, you can tell a lot about what a machine is doing by listening to packets on the wire. Sometimes it's a simple as finding the name of the machine(s). If you've got a machine called build01, it doesn't take a genius to figure out it might be an

Re: Restricting who can join a system to the domain

2012-09-28 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Yes, one is modifying the quota the other is granting the right to the new group. Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 christopher_bod...@glic.com

RE: File replication over slow WAN Link

2012-09-28 Thread Stringham, Steven
RSync? It is the two way portion of the question that has got my ears perked. Is it two way from the same source? In other words - is it a file structure that persons can put new files or edited files in on both sides and you want to sync changes both ways? What happens when a file is

Re: P2V Windows 2000 Server Issue

2012-09-28 Thread Michael Leone
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:59 PM, Robert Jackson r...@walkermartyn.co.uk wrote: I’m currently trying to P2V a Windows 2000 Server (SP4) machine using VMware Converter 3.0.2. The latest Converter is v5, BTW. Each and every time I run through the conversion process, it halts at 97%. Has

RE: File replication over slow WAN Link

2012-09-28 Thread Tom Yergeau
I haven't used it in a while, but I think DoubleTake could handle this. Might be a bit of an overkill and certainly would cost real money. http://www.visionsolutions.com/Products/DT-Avail.aspx DFS with scheduling might work and is free.

Re: Removing local admins

2012-09-28 Thread Rankin, James R
I'd agree with the GPP method...it lets you get a lot more creative ---Blackberried -Original Message- From: Free, Bob r...@pge.com Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:36:28 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: Removing local admins

2012-09-28 Thread Rankin, James R
Wow, you should get in our weekly Thursday night bad joke competition :-) which I won yesterday ---Blackberried -Original Message- From: Webster webs...@carlwebster.com Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:10:53 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System

Re: Can someone explain the real-world impact of this?

2012-09-28 Thread Kurt Buff
It's stupid, and would fail any number of tests, including obviousness, prior art, etc. But real world impact? I don't think it's such a big deal. So you announce on a well-followed blog vs. facebook. So what? If your domain is worthwhile, it'll get the attention it needs. Kurt On Fri, Sep 28,

RE: Removing local admins

2012-09-28 Thread Webster
Except there is nothing left after it has evaporated. :) Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.comhttp://www.carlwebster.com/ From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Subject: Re: Removing local admins She likes evaporated milk? On Fri,

Re: Restricting who can join a system to the domain

2012-09-28 Thread Kurt Buff
+1 - it's what I did to my 2003 R2 domain - created groups that could add machines and user accounts in the relevant OUs for our overseas offices, set the quota on the ability to add machines to zero, and gave the part-time IT staff overseas a script to run on their newly-installed machines that

RE: Removing local admins

2012-09-28 Thread Ziots, Edward
Agree with GPP approach or u can hammer it with Restrictive Groups, Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization ezi...@lifespan.org From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 2:56 PM To: NT

RE: Can someone explain the real-world impact of this?

2012-09-28 Thread Ziots, Edward
+1 Utter rubbish... Z Edward E. Ziots, CISSP, Security +, Network + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization ezi...@lifespan.org -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 3:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Can someone

Re: Removing local admins

2012-09-28 Thread Kurt Buff
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:59 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: So…I am working on removing our Service Desk guys as local admins on their own machine but still be local admins on other machines. I can do this, in and of itself easily enough, but it’s the transition period that I need to

Re: One pooch, screwed Adobe style

2012-09-28 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Agreed. No need for an inside job here. PKI operates on standard protocols. It is easy to know what to look for. The key is to get in undetected, and then it's all yours. * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Fri, Sep

Re: My sons IT learning..

2012-09-28 Thread Kurt Buff
Take a look at the job task analysis PDFs on this site: http://www.bsdcertification.org/resources The other stuff is useful too, and he might or might not care about the actual cert, but the task analysis is very useful. Kurt On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:26 PM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote:

Record Skype session?

2012-09-28 Thread Tom Miller
Hi Folks, My wife is a college professor who wants to record a Skype session between her and one of her grad students. The student is off state, and my wife wants to use the recording later in one of her classes. I see a variety of methods to do this. Anyone have any suggestions for

Re: Record Skype session?

2012-09-28 Thread Rod Trent
Snagit Tom Miller tmil...@hnncsb.org wrote: Hi Folks, My wife is a college professor who wants to record a Skype session between her and one of her grad students. The student is off state, and my wife wants to use the recording later in one of her classes. I see a variety of methods to do